~$T> IMPROVEMENTS IX THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES. 



that the method of cultivating potatoes alluded to has been 

 seen or heard of in a tract of country, wnere more are rais- 

 ed for the market than in any other of the same extent per- 

 haps in the kingdom. 



Arfvsntas? of jyj,. # Campbell further stated, that Mr. Curwen's cab- 

 Mr. Curwen's \ 

 mode of plant- bages were planted at a much greater distance than any he 



k)g cabbage*, had ever before seen, and their size far exceeded, as a gene- 

 ral crop, any that had fallen under his observation; that the 

 ground was perfectly clear from weeds, and from having 

 been frequently turned over by the plough in the intervals, 

 the mould appeared to be in fine order for a subsequent 

 crop, and he conceived that in the two essential points of 

 freedom from weeds, and of the land being in a fine tilth, 

 no garden could exceed it. 

 Farther ccrtifi- Other certificates respecting the novelty of the method 

 cates. f p] an ting potatoes, as practised by Mr. Curwen, were 



received from the following gentlemen: 



William Knott, Summerhill. 



Mr. Sunderland, Ulverston. 



J. Penny Marshall, Bolton Oak. 



Further certificates, stating the method to be new as prae- 

 trsed by Mr. Curwen, for planting both potatoes and cab- 

 bages, were received from the following gentlemen: 



Walter Gardner, Crooks. 

 William Harrison, Ulverston. 

 A. Benson, Reading. 

 Henry Richmond Gale, Bardsee Hall. 

 Jos. Penny, Budgefield. 

 Edward Barrow, Allithwaite Lodge. 

 Charles Gibson, President of the Lancaster Agricul- 

 tural Society. 



Rev. J. Barns, Pennybridge. 

 Rev. E. Ellerton, Colton. 

 Jos. Yorker, Ulverston. 

 Michael Knott, Thurstonville. 

 Rev. Joseph Brooks, Ulverston. 

 Thomas Machell, Aynsome. 



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